Contrary to what rational choice theorists hold, voters rarely, if ever, grade political candidates on the basis of past performance and programmes. The positive ‘will-do’ aspects of a party manifesto are not nearly as compelling to the voter as the scent of negativity
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‘It is suffering from same ailment as the BJP’. Ms. Gandhi cautioned people against voting such parties to power as they dilly-dallied on every issue. She criticised the TRS for its opportunistic stand on various issues.
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In a frontal attack, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) played opportunistic politics over the formation of Telangana State, and had joined hands with c...
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A multiple bomb attack that killed at least 33 people at a campaign rally for a militant Shiite group likely unleashed a series of apparent sectarian attacks in Iraq, signalling the start of a new...
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Some unidentified persons resorted to a pepper spray attack on former Union Minister and BJP candidate for the Rajampet parliamentary constituency, Daggubati Purandeswari, during her roadshow at S...
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In a full-frontal attack on Rahul Gandhi, the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday ridiculed the Congress vice-president for his gaffes and suggested he could soon force a popul...
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Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday faced more heat over his controversial “honeymoon” remark against Rahul Gandhi, with authorities banning all his programmes in Lucknow till the elections are over and Co...
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If the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, could make simultaneous appearance before the voters of as many as five States, the man who ensured his omnipresence through 3D holographic...
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